Executive Team

Top-tier experience in automotive, technology, and marketing

Marco

Co-CEO

Marco Schnabl is co-CEO and Founder of automotiveMastermind (Mastermind), the leading provider of predictive analytics and marketing automation technology for the automotive industry. In his role, Schnabl leads sales, service and operations for Mastermind, which has nearly doubled its employee count…

Johannes

Co-CEO

Johannes Gnauck is co-CEO and Founder of automotiveMastermind (Mastermind), where he focuses on Big Data analysis and behavior prediction technology. With a strong background in the automotive retail world, Gnauck recognized an opportunity to improve and enhance sales at automotive dealerships.

Eric

Chief Operating Officer

Eric Daniels is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at automotiveMastermind (Mastermind), where he is responsible for the infrastructure of the company including financial, legal, human resources, management information technology, and business operations for the company.

Andrew

Chief Commercial Officer

Andrew Rains is the Chief Commercial Officer for automotiveMastermind (Mastermind), where he oversees new business, customer retention, account management and marketing. He is responsible for aligning all departments to achieve the strategic vision of the company as a whole.

Kos

Chief Technology Officer

Kos Jha is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at automotiveMastermind (Mastermind) and is responsible for managing the company’s technology and global engineering teams, while closely aligning with the product organization.

Giorgia

Vice President of Marketing

Giorgia Favaretto-Illig is Vice President of Marketing at automotiveMastermind (Mastermind) where she oversees the brand, digital, and event marketing teams as well as the marketing operations and demand generation teams. She collaborates closely with the product, sales, and dealer relations teams to ensure the Mastermind brand and messaging is cohesively represented across channels and the industry.

Dan

Vice President of Sales

Daniel (Dan) Malloy is Vice President of Sales for
automotiveMastermind (Mastermind) and is responsible for expanding the company’s presence in the automotive industry by adding new brands, dealer groups and individual retail stores to the company’s dealer partner mix.

Erik

Vice President of Business Operations

Erik Hess is the Vice President of Business Operations at automotiveMastermind (Mastermind), where he oversees the reporting and analysis of our internal business execution and our Project Management Office. He is responsible for providing data driven insights about our business and driving continuous operational improvements across the company.

Marina

Vice President of Finance

Marina Angelides is Vice President of Finance for automotiveMastermind (Mastermind) where she is responsible for executing strategic plans to improve profitability, as well as implementing new initiatives to improve systems and financial planning for the company. She joined Mastermind in 2017 as the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A).

Christopher

VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Chris Clement is the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at automotiveMastermind (Mastermind), where he oversees the OEM team and the relationship management among all dealer partners. He is responsible for supervising all business development activities.